81

41. Sir Galahad. Watts. Eton College, England 83

42. The Duchess of Devonshire and Her Child. Reynolds. Royal
Gallery, Windsor 85

43. St. Agnes and Her Lamb. Andrea del Sarto. Pisa Cathedral,
Italy 87

44. Whistler's Mother. Whistler. Luxembourg, Paris 89

45. St. Christopher. Titian. Doges Palace, Venice 91

46. The Blue Boy. Gainsborough. Private Gallery, Henry
Huntington, Los Angeles, California 93

47. The Sleeping Girl. Van der Meer. Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York City 95

48. St. Anthony and the Christ-Child. Murillo. Museum of
Seville, Spain 97

49. King Lear. Abbey. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
City 99

50. Sunset in the Woods. Inness. Corcoran Art Gallery,
Washington, D. C. 101

_Dear Children:_

The stories I am telling about the pictures and their painters in this
book are gathered from many countries. Some of them belong to very
early times when history was told to grown up people by story-tellers
at banquets and in the homes, on the street corners and public halls.
Some of the stories are legends and traditions that grew up with the
beginnings of the Christian era. All of them are taken from authentic
sources and many of them illustrate some natural law.

The artists who painted these pictures knew history and the early
myths, the fairy-tales, the legends and the traditions, the Bible and
the Apocrypha. We love these pictures because they are beautiful and
true, but really to understand them we must know what the artists had
in mind when they painted them.

If you learn to know these pictures and love them, I will make you
another book soon about statues and their stories.

With love and best wishes, from your friend,

LORINDA MUNSON BRYANT

THE HOLY FAMILY

BERNARDINO PINTORICCHIO (1454-1513)

In looking at pictures of the old masters you will often see one
called the "Holy Family." I want you to know who belonged to the Holy
Family. The grown people are Joseph and Mary, the father and mother of
Jesus; they had no last names at that time. The children are Jesus and
hi